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The Baker–Fancher party (also called the Fancher–Baker party, Fancher party, or Baker's Company) was a group of American western emigrants from Marion, Crawford, Carroll, and Johnson counties in Arkansas, who departed Carroll County in April 1857 and "were attacked by the Mormons near the rim of the Great Basin, and about fifty miles from ...
The Baker–Fancher party was refused provisions in Salt Lake City and chose to leave there and take the Old Spanish Trail, which passed through southern Utah. [11] In August 1857, the Mormon apostle George A. Smith traveled throughout the southern part of the territory instructing Mormon settlers to stockpile grain. [ 12 ]
In this vicinity, September 7–11, 1857 occurred one of the most lamentable tragedies in the annals of the west. A company of about 140 Arkansas and Missouri Emigrants led by Captain Charles Fancher, en route to California, was attacked by white men and Indians. All but 17, being small children, were killed.
Iberia is located in southeastern Miller County in the Ozarks of central Missouri. The city is at the intersection of routes 17 and 42.Route 17 leads northwest 15 miles (24 km) to Tuscumbia, the Miller county seat, and south 11 miles (18 km) to Crocker, while Route 42 leads west 18 miles (29 km) to Lake of the Ozarks State Park and northeast 22 miles (35 km) to Vienna.
Iberia Academy and Junior College are historic school buildings located at Iberia, Miller County, Missouri. The four buildings are the dormitory (1905), the administration building (1922-1924), the gymnasium (1927), and "president's home" (1888). The buildings sit at odd angles within a triangle of approximately 2.66 acres.
Frederick Bartlett Fancher (April 2, 1852 – January 10, 1944) was an American politician who was the seventh governor of North Dakota from 1899 to 1901.
Tuscumbia is located in central Miller County on the north bank of the Osage River, near the junction of Missouri routes 17 and 52.Route 17 leads northeast 10 miles (16 km) to Eugene and southeast 15 miles (24 km) to Iberia, while Route 52 leads northwest 12 miles (19 km) to Eldon and east 14 miles (23 km) to St. Elizabeth.
Brumley is in southwestern Miller County, located on Missouri Route 42, east of Lake of the Ozarks State Park and west of Iberia. [ 8 ] According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the town has a total area of 0.55 square miles (1.42 km 2 ), all land.